Ovenware and holder therefor



Apr. 3, 1923. 1,450,330

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' INVENTOR firl'yNegbal/r ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY NEGBAUR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO E. 80 J. BASS,INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

OVENWARE AND HOLDER THEREFOR.

Application filed November 25, 1921. Serial No. 517,424.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY NEGBAUR, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Im provements in Ovenware and Holders Therefor.of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in oven baking ware made of glassof low expansion. Certain baking ware now in very common use is. as Iunderstand, made of a boro-silicate glass such as that described inSullivan and Taylor Patents Nos. 1,304,622 and 1,304,623 of May 27,1919. All such ware, with which I am familiar, while most satisfactoryas a baking dish, is not pleasing in appearance on account of a paleyellowish tinge in the glass. This marring of the beauty of these dishesis especially noticeable when they are used in silver or nickel frames.The yellowish tinge and silver do not harmonize.

An object of my invention is to improve these baking dishes withoutsacrificing any of their valuable properties by applying to them,preferably on the outer surface, a coloring material whereby the dishand holder may harmonize, the material-to be such that it willpermanently retain its color,

will not wash off, or contaminate the food.

The accompanying drawings show the invention as applied to a pie plate,but it is to be understood that the invention may be applied to any sortof a glass baking dish such for example, as casseroles, roasters,ramekins, custard cups, etc.

These and many other dishes made from low expansion oven glass areavailable on 40 the market.

In practicing my invention, I apply to the outer surface a compositioncontaining a mineral pigment of desired coloring and a suitable vehicle.I have found that vitreous compositions containing suitable metallicoxides in borosilicate of lead as a vehicle and fluxing agent aresuitable. This may be done with an air brush or b hand with an ordinarybrush, or by dipping. The color may be uniform as to color and densityall over the surface of the dish, or it may be varied in any desired wayas to color and density to produce artistic desi s. Among the colorswhich harmonize we 1 with silver I may mention green, blue, pink andcanary, the corresponding pigments being chrome green oxide, cobaltoxide, purple cassius and antimoniate of lead.

After the coloring material has been applied, the dishes are placed in akiln, fired at a temperature of about 800 degrees Fahrenheit for aboutthree h0urs,'in order to Fig. 2 shows an elevation partly in section,together with a frame for the dish.

In the latter figure the horizontal shading A and the stippling Bindicate coloring material fused into the outer zone of the glass. Aframe C is also provided. This frame may be of an suitable materialpreferably silver, but me e1 or copper, tin or zinc may be used wheredesired.

I claim:

1. A transparent baking dish of pressed glass provided with mineralcoloring material fused into the glass near one surface.

2. A baking vessel made of pressed glass of low expansion and providedwith mineral coloring material fused into the glass near the outsidesurface.

3. A baking dish made of transparent boro-silicate glass having ayellowish tinge and provided with mineral coloring material fused intothe glass near one surface, whereby the dish is rendered translucent andcolored.

4. The combination with a metallic frame having a characteristicmetallic color with a baking dish made of low expansion glass providedwith a mineral pigment coloring material fused into the glass near onesurface, the color of the pigment harmonizing with the color frame.

HARRY NEGBAUR.

